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ap·prox·i·mate (-prks-mt)

v.

To bring together, as cut edges of tissue.

adj. (-mt)

1. Relating to the contact surfaces, either proximal or distal, of two adjacent teeth; proximate.

2. Close together. Used of the teeth in the human jaw.

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approximate

[əprok′simāt]

Etymology: L, ad + proximare, to come near

1 to draw two tissue surfaces close together as in the repair of a wound or to draw the bones of a joint together as in physical therapy.

2 almost correct.

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approximate

1. Not exact, thereabouts, more or less, sort of, approximal Medtalk → Vox populi verb To make closer